Volume: 36 Issue: 3
Ethnoveterinary practices among tribes of Kolli hills in Tamil Nadu, India
Year: 2014, Page: 75-81, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v36i3.S
Received: Aug. 27, 2014 Accepted: Dec. 20, 2014 Published: Dec. 31, 2014
An ethnoveterinary survey was carried out among the tribes of Kolli Hill, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India. The survey identified 52 medicinal plant species belonging to 31 families of ethnoveterinary values in Kolli hill. Of these, major represented families are Euphorbiaceae (6 species), and Zingiberaceae, Solanaceae, and Apiaceae ( 03 of each). Most of the medicinal plants are used for the treatment of enteritis. Haemorrhagic septicemia and Black quarter are the two common bacterial diseases treated by medicinal plants by Kolli people. This report includes name of surveyed plant species, their vernacular name, family, part used and details about its usage in the animal treatment.
Keywords: Animals, Ethno botany, Ethnoveterinary, Kolli hills tribes, Medicinal plants
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